Word · Frequency #16583
smallpoxes
天花
smallpoxes is the plural of smallpox.
an acute, highly contagious viral disease caused by the variola virus, marked by fever and skin pustules that leave scars; it was globally eradicated by the 1970s
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An acute, highly infectious often fatal disease caused by Variola virus of the family Poxviridae. It was completely eradicated in the 1970s, but still exists in laboratories. Those who survived were left with pockmarks.
由天花病毒引起的急性、高度传染性、常致命的疾病,20世纪70年代彻底消灭,现仅存于实验室,幸存者留有麻点。
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a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars
一种高度传染性的病毒性疾病,特征为发热、虚弱以及出现脓疱性皮疹,脓疱结痂脱落后留下疤痕。
由天花病毒引起的急性、高度传染性、常致命的疾病,20世纪70年代彻底消灭,现仅存于实验室,幸存者留有麻点。；一种高度传染性的病毒性疾病,特征为发热、虚弱以及出现脓疱性皮疹,脓疱结痂脱落后留下疤痕。；天花；[医] 天花；痘疮
In use
The history book describes how smallpox killed millions of people before a vaccine was invented.
After years of vaccination, smallpox was declared eradicated in 1980.
Scientists keep smallpox samples in special laboratories for research.
contract + disease
contract 为正式用语，表示感染疾病，后接疾病名称。
He contracted smallpox before the vaccine existed.
他在疫苗出现之前感染了天花。
vaccinate [sb] against + disease
against 后接疾病名称，表示预防该疾病。
The government vaccinated millions of people against smallpox.
政府为数百万民众接种了天花疫苗。
[disease] outbreak
outbreak 指疾病的突然爆发，可用疾病名称直接修饰。
Connections
Collocations
- smallpox vaccine
- 天花疫苗
- The smallpox vaccine has saved millions of lives.天花疫苗挽救了数百万人的生命。
- smallpox virus
- 天花病毒
- The smallpox virus was declared eradicated in 1980.天花病毒于1980年被宣布根除。
- smallpox outbreak
- 天花爆发
- Health officials are concerned about a smallpox outbreak.卫生官员担心天花爆发。
- eradicate smallpox
- 根除天花
- Global efforts to eradicate smallpox succeeded in 1980.全球根除天花的工作于1980年取得成功。
- contract smallpox
- 感染天花
- It was rare to contract smallpox after vaccination.接种疫苗后感染天花的情况很少见。
- smallpox vaccination
Learner notes
Memory Tip
small + pox（痘），想象满脸很小的痘，结痂脱落后留下小坑——正是天花留下的疤痕。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：public health、medical history、historical accounts 该词为医学标准术语，多用于医学、公共卫生或历史叙述中，日常口语中也可能出现，但通常出现在正式或知识性语境。
Pronunciation & Spelling
pox, cowpox, and chickenpox share the final /pɑks/ segment with the -pox of smallpox. Box also ends in /ɑks/ and rhymes with pox, but it does not rhyme with the whole word smallpox because the stressed syllable of smallpox is /smɔl/. Small /smɔl/ is the first part of smallpox; mall /mɔl/ looks similar without the initial /s/ and sounds different.
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Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.